IC : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: IC	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for IC
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ic adj being nine more than ninety [syn: ninety-nine, 99, ic] n a group of government agencies and organizations that carry out intelligence activities for the United States government; headed by the Director of Central Intelligence Synonym(s): Intelligence Community, National Intelligence Community, United States Intelligence Community, IC
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
-ic \-ic\ [L. -icus, Gr. [?]: cf. F. -ique.] 1. A suffix signifying, in general, relating to, or characteristic of; as, historic, hygienic, telegraphic, etc. 2. (Chem.) A suffix, denoting that the element indicated enters into certain compounds with its highest valence, or with a valence relatively higher than in compounds where the name of the element ends in -ous; as, ferric, sulphuric. It is also used in the general sense of pertaining to; as, hydric, sodic, calcic.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
IC 1. {integrated circuit}. 2. {Independent Carrier}. 3. {Imperial College}. (1997-04-12)